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OCT I 1901 

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^[^ RIE, Pennsylvania, with a population of ()0,000, lies on the lake shore, about midway between Buffalo and 
!^ Cleveland. It has the largest and best harbor on Lake Erie, which is formed b)' a peninsula seven miles in 
length jutting out into the lake. The surroundings of Erie are most beautiful, and in the summer time 
its shaded streets present such a lovely appearance, that an enthusiastic visitor, on beholding them, rap- 
turously exclaimed : " You need no parks here — all Erie is a beautiful park." 
The city is built upon an elevated bluff, commanding an extensive view of the lake. It is regularly 
laid out, with broad st'^eets crossing each other at right angles. The climate is healthy, and free from 
miasma and malaria ; the death rate is, therefore, one of the lowest of any town of its size, making it very desira- 
ble as a " home city." 

In the way of railroad and steamer connections Erie is singularly favored, and may be reached conveniently 
from all points of the compass. The Lake Shore, the Nickel Flate, the Erie & Pittsburg, the Philadelphia & 
Erie and the Bessemer railroads have their depots and freight houses here, and do a large passenger and freight 
business. A large and convenient union depot receives the passengers arriving on Lake Shore and Pennsylvania 
railroad trains, while the Nickel Plate and Bessemer roads have their own depots. A network of suburban trol- 
ley lines facilitates communication and travel with Cambridge Springs, Conneaut, Edinboro, Meadville, North 
East and other neighboring towns. These steam railroads and trolley lines connect Erie with all important points 
east and west. Large docks, provided with railroad tracks and giant hoisting machines, permit the transfer of 
merchandise direct from vessels to cars or warehouses. The amount of lake business transacted here is very large. 
A well managed and well connected street railway sj-stem furnishes rapid transit to and from the depots and 
harbor with all parts ol the city. The hotels of Erie are numerous, and noted for their home-like comfort and 
general excellence. Travelers can here obtain all desired inforrr.ation. 

During the summer especially, Erie is an ideal resort. Waldameer, Grove House Park, Glenwood and other 
beautiful spots lie at its drors, while the whole town is decked with a mantle of emerald green. C)ther points of 
interest at all times of the year are the library, the post office, the Soldiers' Home, the great cathedral, the water 



works, etc. Two fine theatres and many other places of amusement, as well as fishing-, boating and other aquatic 
sports, furnish entertainment to visitors and "natives" alike. 

But it is not alone as a resort for pastime and pleasure that Erie deserves praise and recognition. Its giant 
industries enjoy world-wide renown, and contribute largely to the prosperity of the city. Over 10,00U men and 
boys earn their daily bread in our big factories. Steam engines, boilers, stoves, bicycles, novelties, brass 
goods, castings of all kinds, wringers, woodenware and hundreds of other articles are manufactured in Erie mills. 
The city's industries are varied. On the great docks hundreds of thousands of tons of coal are shipped to all parts 
of the globe during the season of navigation, while the big elevators handle millions of bushels of grain, and hun- 
dreds of thousands tons of iron ore are received yearly at the great Hanna and Carnegie docks. In addition to 
the industries mentioned above we have large planing mills, paper mills, breweries, button factories, a big silk 
inill and other always busy manufacturing establishments, whose products find a ready sale and carry the name 
and fame of Erie to all parts of the civilized globe. The hundreds of well-appointed stores on our business streets 
do a thriving trade, and compare well and favorably with those of larger cities. Six banks facilitate financial 
transactions, and offer ample facilities to the business man and traveler. The telegraph and telephone service 
of Erie are thoroughly "up to date." We have two hustling telephone companies and two telegraph offices, be- 
sides offices for the sale of railway tickets, etc. Two building and loan associations have a large membership 
and are in a most flourishing condition. The different fire and life insurance companies are well represented 
here. Three market houses and a large number of groceries and butcher shops supply the city with food at prices 
far below those paid in larger cities. 

The growth of Erie is not phenomenal —not an artificial " boom growth," but steady and reliable. In view 
of all these facts we may justly and proudly say : " As a desirable place of residence and business, Erie can't be 
surpassed." Business men and others wishing to locate here may obtain all desired information by addressing 
the secretaries of either the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce or Business Men's E.xchange. 

The development of western Pennsylvania is contributing more and more, as the years go by, to the prosper- 
ity of Erie. Her exceptionally fine harbor and the excellence of her factory products are being recognized by 
commerce to a greater extent from day to day ; and though the city may never rival Buffalo or Cleveland, the day 
is very near when Erie will take rank as only second to them on Lake Erie in commercial importance. 



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PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND VIEWS. 

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Citj' Hall, Seventh and Peach streets and Park. 

Court House, West Sixth street between Peach and Sassafras 

Government Buildinfr. Post Office, corner South Park and State street. 

Old Government buildiTif.', State between Fourth and Fiftli streets 

New Enirine House No. P, Eleventh and Poplar streets 

State Fish Hatchery, Sassafras and Second streets 

East Park ." 

East Park. Wayne Monument 

West Park .' 

West Park, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument 

Lake Front Park, foot of State street 

Life Savinjf Station and Harbor Entrance 

Parade street, south from Tent It street 

Peach street, north from Eifjrhteenth street 

State street, north from Thirteenth street 

West Eifrhteenth street, west from Chestnut 



CHURCHES. 
BAPTIST— 
First Baptist Church, Fifth and Peach streets. 



Second Baptist Cliurch, Twenty-third and Reed streets 

Calvary Baptist Church, Tenth street between Peach and Sassafras.. 

German Baptist Church, Twentieth and Sassafras streets 

Swedish Baptist Church, 701 Holland street ... 



LUTHERAN— 

St. John's German Evanj^elical Lutheran Church, Peach and Twenty- 
third streets 

St. Paul's German Evangelical Church, Peach street between Tenth 
and Eleventh 

St. Luke's Evanjrelical Lutheran Church, Ninth street between Peach 
and Sassafras 

Luther Memorial Church, Eleventh and Peach streets 

Church of Evanirelical Association, cor. Eleventh and Myrtle streets. .. 

German Evangelical Trinity Church, Eleventh bet. Myrtle and Chestnut 

German Evangelical Lutheran Redeemer Church, Twent.v-third street 
between German and Parade 

Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Bethany Church, Tenth street between 
Holland and German 

Zion's Lutheran Church. Poplar street bet. Nineteenth and Twentieth.. 

METHODIST—.- 

First M. E. Churcli, Seventh and Sassafras streets 

Tenth Street M. E. Church, Tenth street between Wallace and Ash 

Simpson M. E. Church, Twenty-tirst and Sassafras streets 

Wayne Street M. K. Church, Wayne and Twenty -third streets 

St. James A. M. E. Church. Seventh street bet. "Holland and (Verman. . . 



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PRESBYTERIAN— 

First Presbyterian Church, Nortii Park and Peach street 

Park Presbyterian Church, South Park between State and Peach 

Central Presbyterian Church, Tenth and Sassafras streets 

Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church, Seventeenth and Chestnut streets 

First United Presbyterian Church, Eighth st. bet. French and Holland. 

Brown Avenue United Presbyterian Church, Brown avenue between 

Plum and Cascade streets 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL— 
St. Paul's P. E. Church, Si.xth street between Peach and Sassafras.. .. 
St. Mark's P. E. Church, Tenth and French streets 



ROMAN CATHOLIC— 

Sacred Heart Church. Twenty si.xth and Plum streets 

St. Ann's Church. Tenth street and East avenue 

St. Mary's Churcli, Ninth street between German and Parade 

St. Michael's Church, Seventeenth street between Cherry and Poplar.. 
St. John's Church, Twentv-si.xth and Wallace streets. 



St. Joseph's Churcli, Sassafras bet. Twenty fourth and Twentv-fif th . . . . 
St. Paul's (Italian! Church, Walnut st. bet. Si.xteenth and Seventeenth. 

St. Patrick's Church. Fourth street between French and Holland 

St. Peter's Cathedral. Tenth and Sassafras streets 

St. Stanislaus Church, Thirteenth and Wallace streets 

Trinity Church, Twenty-second street between Ash and Reed 



OTHER DENOMINATIONS— 

Temple Anchei Chesed Reform Con^retration, Eigrhth street between 

Sassafras and Myrtle ". 

First Unitarian Church, Ninth and Sassafras streets 

Christian Church, Seventh and Chestnut streets 

Church of Christ. Peach street between Ninth and Tenth 

CEMETERIES. 

Erie Cemetery, between Chestnut and Cherrv and Nineteenth and Twen- 
tieth streets 

Lake Side Cemetery, east of city limits on East Lake road 

Lake Side Cemetery, Gridley Circle 

Jewish Cemetery, 'West Twenty-sixth street west of Cherrv 

Trinity Cemetery, four miles west of city limits tm West Lake road 

Trinity Cemetery, Casey Monument 



CHARITY INSTITUTIONS. 

Erie County Poor House, West Twenty-sixth st. west of city limits 

Home for the Friendless, Sassafras' street between Twenty -third and 

Twenty -fourth 

Hamot Hospital, State and Second streets 

Old Folks' Home, Twentv-sixth and Ash streets 



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Old Ladies' Home, Sassafras street bet. Twenly-secdiiil ;iiid TwL'iity-third li» 
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, Third street between Holland and (Irrinan. 23 
Si. Vincent's Hospital. Sassafras st. bet. Twenty-fonrlli and Twi-iny-iifUi 23 

DEPOTS. 

Bessemer R. R. l)epot, Twflllh stieel between Peach and Sassafras 22 

KicKel Plate R. R. Depot, Nineteenth and Holland streets 23 

Uni<)n Depot, bet. Peach and Sassafras and I-'ourieenth and Fifteenth sis. 22 

EDUCATIONAL AND AMUSEMENT BUILDINTtS. 

Erie AcadeM'v, Ninth street between Slate and Peach 

Hifrh School, Sassafras street between Tenth and Eleventh 

Maennerchor Music Hall, Slate streel bel. Si.vleenlh and Seventeenth.. 

Maieslic Theatre. Tenth streel between Slate and Peach 

Park- Opera Hons*-. North Park between Slate and Peach streets 

Public Library, Soulli Park and Krench slreet — 

Public Scllool No. 2, Seventh and Htilland streets 

(One of bs public scho<d buildin-.'-s.'! 

St. Benedict's Acadeinv. Ninth street between (iernian and Paiade 

St. Mary's School. Teiitb streel between (".erinan and Parade 

Si. Patrick's Auditorium, Fourth streel belween Holland and (iernian.. 
St. Peler's Cathedial School, Eleventh street bet. Pe.ach and Sassafras. 

Villa Maria Academy, Ei)jblh slreet between Liberty and Plum 

V. M. C. A. Buildiuf?", Tenth and Peach streets 



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INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND BUSINE.SS BLOCKS. 



Anclior Line Elevator, Harbor 

BilumiiKnis Coal Dock, Harbor.... 

P. i E. Iron Ore Dock, Harlxn- 

Anthracite Coal Trestle, Harbor... 



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Haniniermill Paper Co., East Lake road east of city 

Erie City Iron Works, East avenue bet. L. S. & M. S and P. & E. roads 

Stearns Mf-r. Co.. Fourteenth and Wavne steeets 

Works Jarecki Mfir. Co.. Ninth and Holland streets 

Consumers* Brewiujj Co., Parade and Seventeenth streets 

Erie Brewin<r Co. — 

C. M. Conrad Branch, Fifth street between German and Parade 

F. Kohlei A: Co. Branch, Twenty-fifth and Hcjlland streets 

Jack'son Kohler Branch, State si. bet. Twenty-tirsl and Twenty-second 

Main Office. Slate street between Twenty-first and Twenty-second 

Downin-ir Buildinjr, Stale and Ninth streets 

Erie Trust Co., iilS State street- 

First National Bank, 715 Stale street 

Marine National Bank, State street and N<.rth Park 

Second National Bank, 802 State street 

Secnrilv Savinifs and Trust Co , 731 State street 

Erie D.iily Times. State and Ninth streets 

Erie EveniiiL' Herald, 1001 Slate slreet 

Erie Mornini,' IH spate li. 131. * Peach street 

Erie Tajreblatt. 1307 State streel. 



WALDAMEER. 



Grounds and C.isiiKj, Boardwalk 

Lunch Room. Band Stand 

Carousel, Balli House Beach 

Board \ValU,Lilv Pond 



WATERWORKS. 

Eastern view of Pumpinjr Station, foot of Chestnut street 

Pumping Station and Stand Pipe, ' 

Switnmtntr Pool 

Water Reservoir, Twenty-si. xth street between W.ilnut ami Clierrv. 



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